Postgraduate taught courses in Health Economics
- University of Aberdeen
- University of Birmingham
- City University, London
- University College Cork, Ireland
- University of East Anglia
- Institute of Psychiatry at King’s College London
- University of Leeds
- London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
- University of Manchester
- National University of Ireland, Galway
- University of Oxford
- Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh
- University of Sheffield
- Swansea University
- University of York
University of Aberdeen
MSc in Economics of Health
Contact details:
Dr Marjon van der Pol – Course Director
Health Economics Research Unit, University of Aberdeen, Foresterhill, Aberdeen AB25 2ZD
Target audience:
This MSc programme is aimed at students who wish to pursue a career as a professional health economist or who wish to undertake a PhD in health economics. It is aimed at students with a background in economics. Students without a background in economics but with strong quantitative skills are also encouraged to apply.
Information about fees (if appropriate):
- UK/EU: £3,400
- International: £11,000
There are Economics of Health studentships available.
What makes your course distinct from other courses available in the UK?
Health economics is typically applied in multidisciplinary settings. This is reflected within the course providing students with health economics skills alongside generic economic and health service research skills. The course builds on HERU’s recognised areas of expertise including preference elicitation (contingent valuation and discrete choice experiments) and economics of the health workforce.
Duration:
12 months full time
Course description:
See website for more details
University of Birmingham
MSc in Health Economics and Health Policy
UK/EU students
MSc - £4650 / PGDip £3100 (plus living expenses/hotel costs)
Non UK/EU students
£12,330 (plus living expenses/hotel costs)
- brings together professionals from a vast array of work environments, locations and backgrounds offering the benefit of knowledge and experience sharing
- does not ask for an economics first degree
- has a wide variety of module options creating a flexible degree to suit your needs
- offers modules on a block basis (3 or 5 days) making it easier for you and your employers to manage your study leave
City University, London
MSc in Health Economics
Contact details:
Professor Mireia Jofre-Bonet – Course Director
City University London, Northampton Square, London, EC1V 0HB
Target audience:
This course aims to provide an understanding of the economic context within which economic evaluation takes place, familiarise students with key economic issues confronting health systems and provide students with the tools and methods to analyse the economic causes and implications of health care issues. This course is aimed at students that have an economics background as it requires taking the Econometrics and Microeconomics modules.
Information about fees (if appropriate):
- Full-time EU: £8,600
- Part-time EU: £4,700
- Full-time Non EU: £11,800
- Part-time Non EU: £6,500
There 4 NHIR studentships available for the Health Economics MSc and sponsorships by various firms for the Economic Evaluation MSc.
What makes your course distinct from other courses available in the UK?
The health economics course provides the students with a deep understanding of the economic issues embedded in the health care sector and the tools – theoretically and econometrically – to analyse those issues. Also, it provides economic evaluation training.
Duration:
12 months full time; 24 months part time
Course description:
See website for more details
MSc in Economic Evaluation in Health Care
Contact details:
Professor Mireia Jofre-Bonet – Course Director
City University London, Northampton Square, London, EC1V 0HB
Target audience:
This course is designed to provide economic evaluation skills applied to the health care sector. The course offers training both in the conceptual bases for economic evaluation and in advanced quantitative methods relevant to healthcare decision-making at a level that is adequate for both economists and non-economists.
Information about fees (if appropriate):
Full-time EU: £8,600
Part-time EU: £4,700
Full-time Non EU: £11,800
Part-time Non EU: £6,500
There 4 NHIR studentships available for the Health Economics MSc and sponsorships by various firms for the Economic Evaluation MSc.
What makes your course distinct from other courses available in the UK?
The Economic Evaluation course provides student with a sound understanding of economic evaluation applied to health care interventions and the necessary modelling skills to perform economic evaluation studies.
Duration: 12 months full time; 24 months part time
Course description:
See website for more details
University College Cork, Ireland
Postgraduate Diploma in Health Economics Practice
Contact details:
Dr Ann Kirby or Dr Brian Turner – Course Directors
Graduate Studies Office, 2nd Floor, West Wing, University College Cork, Cork
Target audience:
The aim of the programme is to enhance decision making in the health care sector, through the translation of relevant economic skills, techniques, thinking and understanding to the health care sector. The programme facilitates learning and application of conceptual, theoretical and empirical tools for economic decision making in the financing, allocation and delivery of health care. The programme content, delivery and assessment is practice based involving live cases and field work in the health care sector.
Information about fees (if appropriate):
EU Fees: The Irish/EU tuition fee level for this postgraduate programme for 2011/2012 (1 year full-time) is €6,110.00. There is also a part-time (by day) option for this programme and the course fee is half the full-time fee in the particular year of study
Non-EU Fees: €16,930.00 for 2011/2012. Fees for 2012/2013 will be set in March 2012.
What makes your course distinct from other courses available in the UK?
See website for more details
Duration:
12 months full time
Course description:
See website for more details
University of East Anglia
MSc/PGDip/PGCert in Health Economics
- UK/EU Students: £4,536
- International Students: £13,750
- Health economics has been taught at postgraduate level in various formats since the mid-1990’s at UEA.
- Flexible choice of modules to reflect a student’s prior learning
- The course has established links with the School of Economics (ECO), one of the top six economics Departments in the UK, and School of International Development (DEV), awarded a Queen's anniversary prize, in the Faculty of Social Sciences (interdisciplinarity is a major strength at UEA) who provide several of the core and optional modules on the MSc/PGDip.
- Students are encouraged to attend the regular HEG research seminar series and an annual careers event.
Institute of Psychiatry at King’s College London
MSc in Mental Health Service & Population Research
University of Leeds
Master level modules: Health Economics Module & Advanced Methods in Health Economics
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
MSc in Public Health (Health Economics stream)
University of Manchester
MSc Economics (Economics of Health)
National University of Ireland, Galway
MSc in Economics (Health Economics)
University of Oxford
Postgraduate optional module in health economics as part of the MSc in Global Health Sciences
Contact details:
Alison Gater – Administrator
Health Economics Research Centre, Department of Public Health, University of Oxford, Old Road Campus, Headington, Oxford OX3 7LF
Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh
MSc programmes in International Health, Health Systems and Human Resources for Health include as core or optional, a module on health economics
Contact details:
Janice Burr - Institute Officer
Institute for International Health and Development, Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, Musselburgh, EH21 6UU
Target audience:
Information about fees (if appropriate):
See website
What makes your course distinct from other courses available in the UK?
Course description:
See website for more details
University of Sheffield
MSc Economics and Health Economics
Information about fees (if appropriate):
£4400 (FT/Home for 2011/12)
MSc in Health Economics and Decision Modelling
MSc / Diploma / Certificate in International Health Technology Assessment, Pricing and Reimbursement
Swansea University
Postgraduate optional module: Economic Evaluation in Health Care
Contact details:
Dr Deb Fitzsimmons – Reader
Swansea Centre for Health Economics, College of Human and Health Sciences, Swansea University, Swansea, SA2 8PP.
Tel: +44 (0)1792 602226; E-mail: D.Fitzsimmons@swansea.ac.uk
Target audience:
The module is relevant for anyone working within the field of healthcare (e.g. managers, practioners, policy makers) who needs to understand, use, review or commission economic evaluations.
Information about fees (if appropriate):
See www.swan.ac.uk/postgraduate/fees-and-funding/fees/ for the most up-to-date information on tuition fees for postgraduate study, or contact our Admissions Team on 01792 518531 or chhsadmissions@swansea.ac.uk.
What makes your module distinct from other courses available in the UK?
We offer the benefits of:
- Access to SCHE staff with specialist academic expertise balanced with a real-world understanding of the environment into which health economics is applied;
- Networking with others from a diverse range of health care backgrounds from Wales, UK and Overseas;
- Successful track record in health economics teaching at postgraduate level;
- Excellent collaborative links with NHS, Welsh Government, and industry;
- One- to-one supervision and support from a member of SCHE staff throughout the module;
- Support to develop ideas for future study and research including PhD and professional doctorate opportunities;
- Opportunity to join in with SCHE activities, College seminars and other University research events.
Duration:
See website
Course description:
This 15 credit M level module will provide a comprehensive introduction to health care financing, health technology assessment, the principles, methods and application of outcomes research and economic evaluation within health care.
This is an optional module as part of the MSc Health Care Management or can be accessed as a stand-alone module.
University of York
Health Economics for Health Care Professionals Postgraduate (PG) Certificate & PG Diploma
MSc in Health Economics
Contact details:
Professor Luigi Siciliani - Programme Director MSc Health Economics
Department of Economics, University of York, York, YO10 5DD
Target audience:
Minimum entry requirement is the equivalent of an upper second class degree in economics, or other relevant discipline. However many students have other qualifications, including medicine, pharmacy, and nursing.
Information about fees (if appropriate):
Academic year 2011-12
Home/EU Students £4,200
Overseas Students £12,000
Fees for academic year 2012-13 still to be determined.
What makes your course distinct from other courses available in the UK?
MSc students work alongside a large group of health economists and health service researchers. The Department of Economics and Related Studies and the Institute for Research in Social Sciences are internationally recognised centres of excellence in Health Economics. There are around 50 research staff in the Centre for Health Economics and the York Health Economics Consortium.
We also offer significant support in the form of the Health Economics Resource Centre (HERC) which provides a suite of rooms that combine the teaching materials, computing facilities, information resources, and secretarial support used in the full range of health economics training programmes offered by the department. The principle aim of the resource centre is to provide readily available facilities for private study and research, forming a base for students attending the MSc in Health Economics and for the group of doctoral students in health economics.
Course description:
The MSc in Health Economics has been running since 1978 and the course has been attended by over 700 British and Overseas students. It provides a comprehensive training in the theory and practice of Health Economics and gives students the experience and skills needed for research and health service decision-making. Graduates go on to work in government departments, research units, universities, national health services and health care organisations, and the pharmaceutical industry.
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